Yep...I'd just recently discovered them and didn't really see much difference between them and Pandora.
I sometimes throw one or the other one while at work with the headphones on...and it is ok for that.
However, from time to time...it is hard to get signal, etc. And the time or two I tried to plug in and use it in the car was less than pleasant with all the dropouts.
A fun toy if you're sitting in one place...but not something that works consistently enough to pay for.
On the other hand...I can see that putting ads on the last.fm iPhone app like Pandora does is pretty useless, I mean.. who looks at the ads?
Heck, the screen blanks out after a few seconds to conserve battery power while it is playing. Who clicks the screen to have it come on just so you can see an ad?
"Dunno where the comparison with iOS comes from, as Apple is notorious for abandoning their users software-wise in a generation or two, even on their desktop PCs."
Yep...not a lot of updates coming down to my iBook G3 ppc unit these days from Apple.
In fact..just to breath a bit more life into it...custom compiling Gentoo Linux for it....should be good for a few more years use after that...
"I swear if you looked closely enough, you could see a single neon tear shed from Slash's eye as Fergi murdered that song."
And sadly...THAT moment was the highlight of the whole halftime show!!!
Now...if they could have had a wardrobe malfunction with that Fergi chick..it might have made it all worth while. I gotta imagine hers don't sag as bad as Janet's did that year...ick.
Now..if only they could have run a simulation for the halftime show...and tweaked THAT!!
I mean, it would have been ok if they'd gotten rid of the 3x guys up there that couldn't sing and just had the chick on there that could (Fergie?)...
The lightshow, and Slash were fun...but ugh...those three tone deaf guys that can't even sound good through the vocoder type machines just hurt the halftime show.
"A problem I now remember with freenet-style encrypted caching is that it's highly likely you're (if even partially) hosting CP on your computer/access node."
Well, that is unfortunately one of the dark sides to freenet....but I'd guess it isn't a problem really, unless YOU are trying to view the stuff....and from what I'd read in the past (someone correct me if I'm wrong)...since everything cached on your node is encrypted...no one could get your cache and see exactly what is on your harddrive there...and prosecute you??
If that is not in fact the case, then I'd be very hesitant to run a freenet node.
"Is it worth prolonging the life of your body at the cost of your humanity?"
Yes.
I am the most valuable thing in the world to me. Sure, I love others and all around me...but when it comes down to it, "I" am all I have in the end, and I would do whatever it took to preserve my life and livelyhood...nothing and no one is more important to me, than me in the end.
"If your sole measure of success is the money you make, you have far bigger problems than mere cluelessness."
Err....and what exactly else would you use as a measure of success?
I'm wanting to make as much $$ as I possibly can....the more money I have, the better lifestyle I can live out my years in...sounds like success to me!
I have no ill will against my 'neighbors' in other countries...I wish them well, unless it comes down between my survival and state of living (and my fellow countrymen)...when it comes down between me ant 'then'...I say fuck them.
Pretty easy. If I"m hungry....and my neighbor is too...fuck them...I will fight to the death so I can eat and survive....and use any means necessary.
"The pros are that Indians overseas get to be employed, instead of being penniless and hungry. The cons are that I'm laying-off my neighbors, and most likely, laying off myself in the future (when my engineering job is also outsourced)."
It is EASY for me...if it comes down to a choice between them and me (or people in x country vs people in MY country)....fuck the other people.
Life is a contest.....and I'm out to win. I'm not for trying to purposely keep someone down, or hold them back...as long as it does not interfere with my goals and coming out on top.
"Now if I could just get my home isp to make the jump (Cox)...."
Even if the cable companies switchover...will it make any difference to the general home user..their cable modem gets the Ipv6 connection, likely goes to a wireless rounter ipv6...but with everything already NAT'ed...people's stuff on internal networks won't really need to change anything....will they?
Well, it is a relatively NEW thing for the DoD to allow any open source software to be used on their networks. Just a few short years ago (5 or so), it was almost impossible to get them to use anything on any of the systems I was associated with. Solaris used to be the OS of choice for server rooms, and Oracle the database.
I've seen a LOT of Linux these days replacing Solaris...Oracle still rules the database as from my experience. I've wanted to try to get some dev to test out using postgres, which would be a natural open source alternative as that it mimics Oracle a great deal, not extremely hard to convert to from Oracle....and it does have scalability that I still believe elludes MySQL....
Whatever we have done...we always try to discourage windows and MSSQL from the server rooms. So far so good on most projects I've worked on.
But it took a LOT of effort to get the DoD and related branches of govt to start even to consider open source.
"The truth is that most two and three-minute clips are provided by the owners of the content, free of charge, with advertisements inserted, to attract surfers to their paysite. However, almost all longer ten minutes+ clips have not been provided by the content owner. All tube sites use fake uploader accounts which they claim are uploading the porn of their free will and they can't monitor everything people upload yadda, yadda. "
Ok, admittedly, I only went to the sites like Redtube a couple of times to see what it was all about. I've not gone back because ALL I saw were like minute clips of an ad...I never saw the 10+ min clips you mentiioned. I only did it from an iPhone...is the searching and results better on a regular computer web browser? (Can't check from work)
"I think you're hanging out with the wrong women."
No...just WOMEN in general. You never get laid for free. Hook up in a bar for a one nighter...chances are you bought her a drink or so. Girlfriend? You won't have one long unless you pay for her (taking her out, gifts...etc). Wife? Get the hell outta here, that cost the most $$$ of all, and too boot, if you decide to change models and upgrade to a better chick, you pretty much lose half your shit you own.
No, you never get it for free. As a GP said, they all cost you...it is just with the pros that you know upfront what it will cost, and WHEN they will leave.
My rule over recent past it...I don't take out on dates or spend money till I'm getting some first. Why would I spend money on a woman I'm not sleeping with?
"A win for married guys who don't want to get caught with a stash of porn in their %SystemRoot%\system32\OS\updates\IE folder."
Why would/should married guys be afraid of getting caught with porn? I mean, unless you are thumbtacking pictures to the back of her head while doing her....why would there be a beef (no pun intended)?
I mean, you don't care if SHE looks at porn too do you?
"Most couples are both *better* off financially than singles. Especially the childless. For the fairly simple reason that 2 people don't have double costs, but -do- have (aproximately) double earning-potential."
Yeah, BUT...you have to hook up with a chick that
A. Wants to work
B. Has potential to actually earn decent money...something beyond retail sales, or waiting tables.
And...if she pops out a kid, kiss that income good-bye for awhile....
Slashdot Mirror
Err...well, Slashdot.org IS a US centric website/forum you know...
I sometimes throw one or the other one while at work with the headphones on...and it is ok for that.
However, from time to time...it is hard to get signal, etc. And the time or two I tried to plug in and use it in the car was less than pleasant with all the dropouts.
A fun toy if you're sitting in one place...but not something that works consistently enough to pay for.
On the other hand...I can see that putting ads on the last.fm iPhone app like Pandora does is pretty useless, I mean.. who looks at the ads?
Heck, the screen blanks out after a few seconds to conserve battery power while it is playing. Who clicks the screen to have it come on just so you can see an ad?
Ah Bomb bomb bomb...bomb bome Iran...
[Falsetto] A bomb Iraaaaaaan....
(sung to the tune of Barbara Ann)
Since when exactly, has Obama worried about any sort of budget problems for the US?
If this is the case, it certainly is the first thing he's caved on when it comes to spending money.
Yep...not a lot of updates coming down to my iBook G3 ppc unit these days from Apple.
In fact..just to breath a bit more life into it...custom compiling Gentoo Linux for it....should be good for a few more years use after that...
And sadly...THAT moment was the highlight of the whole halftime show!!!
Now...if they could have had a wardrobe malfunction with that Fergi chick..it might have made it all worth while. I gotta imagine hers don't sag as bad as Janet's did that year...ick.
I mean, it would have been ok if they'd gotten rid of the 3x guys up there that couldn't sing and just had the chick on there that could (Fergie?)...
The lightshow, and Slash were fun...but ugh...those three tone deaf guys that can't even sound good through the vocoder type machines just hurt the halftime show.
Well, that is unfortunately one of the dark sides to freenet....but I'd guess it isn't a problem really, unless YOU are trying to view the stuff....and from what I'd read in the past (someone correct me if I'm wrong)...since everything cached on your node is encrypted...no one could get your cache and see exactly what is on your harddrive there...and prosecute you??
If that is not in fact the case, then I'd be very hesitant to run a freenet node.
Yes.
I am the most valuable thing in the world to me. Sure, I love others and all around me...but when it comes down to it, "I" am all I have in the end, and I would do whatever it took to preserve my life and livelyhood...nothing and no one is more important to me, than me in the end.
Err....and what exactly else would you use as a measure of success?
I'm wanting to make as much $$ as I possibly can....the more money I have, the better lifestyle I can live out my years in...sounds like success to me!
Pretty easy. If I"m hungry....and my neighbor is too...fuck them...I will fight to the death so I can eat and survive....and use any means necessary.
That's just nature.
It is EASY for me...if it comes down to a choice between them and me (or people in x country vs people in MY country)....fuck the other people.
Life is a contest.....and I'm out to win. I'm not for trying to purposely keep someone down, or hold them back...as long as it does not interfere with my goals and coming out on top.
ON the other hand...the feds just might use it...to decide on your method and amount of care you will get...?
How does this fit in with Obamacare?
Even if the cable companies switchover...will it make any difference to the general home user..their cable modem gets the Ipv6 connection, likely goes to a wireless rounter ipv6...but with everything already NAT'ed...people's stuff on internal networks won't really need to change anything....will they?
I've seen a LOT of Linux these days replacing Solaris...Oracle still rules the database as from my experience. I've wanted to try to get some dev to test out using postgres, which would be a natural open source alternative as that it mimics Oracle a great deal, not extremely hard to convert to from Oracle....and it does have scalability that I still believe elludes MySQL....
Whatever we have done...we always try to discourage windows and MSSQL from the server rooms. So far so good on most projects I've worked on.
But it took a LOT of effort to get the DoD and related branches of govt to start even to consider open source.
Yeah, but sadly for him...I'm guessing the Slashdot crowd isn't exactly his target market. Likely not a lot of high end shoes wearers in here...
A: They meet Tunisia in the finals!!!
Thank you, I'll be here all week...please try the veal, and make sure to tip your waitress.
Well, maybe with a little diet and exercise she can look.....well, closer to the body shape at least.
Ok, admittedly, I only went to the sites like Redtube a couple of times to see what it was all about. I've not gone back because ALL I saw were like minute clips of an ad...I never saw the 10+ min clips you mentiioned. I only did it from an iPhone...is the searching and results better on a regular computer web browser? (Can't check from work)
No...just WOMEN in general. You never get laid for free. Hook up in a bar for a one nighter...chances are you bought her a drink or so. Girlfriend? You won't have one long unless you pay for her (taking her out, gifts...etc). Wife? Get the hell outta here, that cost the most $$$ of all, and too boot, if you decide to change models and upgrade to a better chick, you pretty much lose half your shit you own.
No, you never get it for free. As a GP said, they all cost you...it is just with the pros that you know upfront what it will cost, and WHEN they will leave.
My rule over recent past it...I don't take out on dates or spend money till I'm getting some first. Why would I spend money on a woman I'm not sleeping with?
Why would/should married guys be afraid of getting caught with porn? I mean, unless you are thumbtacking pictures to the back of her head while doing her....why would there be a beef (no pun intended)?
I mean, you don't care if SHE looks at porn too do you?
Yeah, BUT...you have to hook up with a chick that
A. Wants to work
B. Has potential to actually earn decent money...something beyond retail sales, or waiting tables.
And...if she pops out a kid, kiss that income good-bye for awhile....
Not from my observations travelling about the nation.
Idiots are everywhere, they are just more loud, obnoxious and rude up north.
Dot or Feather?